Hangzhou, Jiaxing Mansion, Jiashan County.

Chen Yaoyu, the magistrate of the county, convened a meeting of officials, and the people attending the meeting included the county Cheng, the canonical history, the section chiefs,

Officials of the judicial system.

Chen Yaoyu took the official document issued by the imperial court: "Your Majesty promulgated the "Prohibition of Foot Binding Order", and I have asked people to copy dozens of copies, so you can take it and take a look." “

When the official document was sent, the head of the business section once asked: "It is clearly written in the "Prohibition of Foot Binding Order" that only foot binding that hurts the muscles and bones is prohibited. But how can you tell if there is damage? Do you want a woman to take off her shoes and look at it? ”

The county Cheng Zhu Honggang smiled: "The fourth line on the third page of the official document, bow shoes are also forbidden!" The imperial court has already written it clearly......

"I see, Zhu Cheng is really careful." The officials immediately slapped their ass.

The holy decree that Zhao Han asked Li Xiangjun to draft was just a draft, and it had to be handed over to the cabinet and the cabinet for polishing. The cabinet will supplement the details, and even convene officials to discuss, and then hand it over to Zhao Han for review after it is completed.

When the "Prohibition of Foot Binding Order" was implemented, there were two key words: one is filial piety, and the other is bow shoes.

"Filial piety" is the theoretical and moral basis for prohibiting foot binding and injuring the body, while "bow shoes" is the concrete core of the implementation of the prohibition of foot binding.

Not only women bind their feet, but men also bound their feet, but with footwraps. For both men and women, an important reason for foot binding is to look better, because the ancient upper is soft, and it is easy to look thick and flat when worn out.

The imperial court can only prohibit foot binding that hurts the body, and it is impossible to ban normal foot binding together.

So how can you tell?

It depends on what kind of shoes you are wearing, and most women with bound feet wear bow shoes. As for the way of foot binding that hurts the body, you will wear the kind of pointed and small bow shoes, which can be recognized at a glance.

Chen Yaohai, the magistrate of the county: "Most of the deformed foot binders are county gentry and wealthy businessmen, and they can't directly let their daughters not marry, otherwise they will definitely make trouble." In the official document, as long as you let go of your feet and let the injured toes slowly recover, it is also a way to compensate for filial piety. After the little feet are recovered, an unfilial girl is a filial girl. So

The key is to put your feet down! ”

At this time, it was not the situation at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the countryside was full of small feet. The "Prohibition of Foot Binding Order" is aimed at the daughters of the gentry and wealthy merchants, and if they do not give a reason for "hurting filial piety", coupled with severe punishment, these gentry and wealthy businessmen have a way to fool them.

However, the specific implementation should also pay attention to the method, and it will be smoother to change the prohibition of foot binding into a prohibition of bow shoes.

Foot binding is for the sake of face, men do not let women wear bow shoes, so what are they doing with foot binding? At most, keep it at home and watch it yourself, do you think men like to see red, swollen and pus feet?

Chen Yao said: "Women's foot binding, the youngest four or five years old, these girls have not yet gone to school.

Lao Zhu and I, as well as the heads of various sections, personally visited the gentry's home. The rest was arranged by Yang Dianshi to visit schools in the county, and all the women had to be checked in slippers. Remember, gather all the doctors in the county, and treat them after they put their feet down. “

"Yes!" The officials stood up in unison.

It has to be, although there are continuous corruption cases in various places, as long as the emperor issues an edict, the magistrates will quickly complete it, and the administrative efficiency of the government is surprisingly high.

This stems from the authority of the Founding Emperor!

The next day, Chen Yaohai, the magistrate of the county, took the doctor and two county officials to visit Sun Dongqing, the richest man in the county, and there is no doubt that as the richest man in the county, Sun Dongqing has already learned the intention of the county. ”

"Mr. Sun is humble." Chen Yaoyu followed along.

While talking nonsense, he introduced the magistrate into the inner hall.

After sitting down, Chen Yaozhi directed: "Your Majesty has a decree to prohibit foot binding and injuring the body, Mr. Sun will call all the female relatives in the family." Regardless of age, women come. ”

Not long after, all the women of the Sun family were present, and even Sun Dongqing's old mother was brought in.

Chen Yaoyu glanced at it, but no one was wearing bow shoes. Convinced that the news had leaked, he was slightly angry in his heart, and said with a smile on his face:

"All slippers!"

Sun Dongqing's color suddenly changed, and he was busy: "Women's feet, how can you let outsiders see them at will?" “

The old lady of the Sun family even beat the ground with a crutch and scolded angrily: "Chen Zhixian, you are also a parent official, are you here to humiliate the old body today?" “

Chen Yaoyu sneered: "If you don't take off your shoes, then the official will leave, and you will be charged with disobeying the order." ”

The Sun family was collectively silent.

The emperor's order is ruthless, the Sun family is a Jiashan wang clan, not only was a large amount of land confiscated, but also forcibly separated, and two-thirds of the clansmen emigrated to the north.

Revolt?

Someone resisted when he divided the land, and he was the richest man in Jiashan. As for the result of the rebellion, the richest man in Jiashan changed his surname and became the Sun family who cooperated with the division of the field.

The old lady of the Sun family immediately put on a smiling face and said to her daughters-in-law, granddaughters-in-law, and granddaughters: "Since it is the emperor's order, you should obey it, and you all take off your shoes." The old body is also taken off, and the emperor's order must not be disobeyed. “

The old lady was the first to take off her shoes, which were also wrapped around her feet, but one of her daughters-in-law, who had not become deformed, was trembling there.

Chen Yaoyu walked over to take a look, and saw that except for the big toe, the other four toes were all unrecognizable, which made people feel sick for a while. This kind of small foot has a kind of morbid and weak beauty when it walks, but when you take off your shoes, you have no beauty at all.

"What does her husband do?" Chen Yaoyu asked.

Sun Dongqing: "This is the second brother of the grass people, and the second brother of the grass people is doing business." ”

Chen Yaozhi said to the entourage: "Go back and check whether there is a franchise license in her husband's name." If so,

Take it back now! ”

Sun Dongqing was shocked, this is real, fortunately, the license is in his name.

I also examined the younger generation of girls, and it turned out that all those under the age of ten were wrapped in those deformed little feet.

It seems that the practice of foot binding in Jiashan County also existed a decade or two ago, but the number is very rare. In recent years, it has intensified, and the junior girls of the richest family are all entangled.

After the doctor looked at it carefully, he sighed: "The eldest young lady has completely deformed the foot bones.

From now on, it may be better to walk with your feet, but it is impossible to return to the way it was. The rest of the young ladies still have the possibility of recovery, and they must not bind their feet again in the future. ”

Chen Yaoyu called the girl over and asked, "How old are you?" “

The girl replied: "Ten years old." ”

Chen Yaoyu asked Sun Dongqing again: "Is this your daughter?" “

Sun Dongqing said in a flattering tone: "Exactly, please also ask the county to be tolerant, and the grass people will immediately give their daughter a foot." “

Chen Yaoyu asked: "Why don't you study at the age of ten?" ”

Sun Dongqing replied: "It's the same with reading at home, it's not good for the youngest daughter's house to show up." “

"You didn't force your daughter to go to an ordinary elementary school, you are the richest man in the county, why don't you send your daughter to a girls' school?"

Chen Yaoyu scolded, "Ignoring the emperor's order, the crime is unforgivable, and your grandson's salt business license is gone!" “

Sun Dongqing was stunned for a moment, and then cried: "The county respects your life, and please raise your noble hand to the county, and the grass people will be tomorrow... No, send your daughter to school today! ”

After three years of compulsory education, to tell the truth, it has been very loosely controlled, and if it is really not allowed to send children to school, the government often turns a blind eye.

But now that he has been caught today, Chen Yaohai will definitely stand up.

More than sixty percent of the officials of the Datong New Dynasty now belong to Yeluzi, but they are not from the imperial examination.

With the forced division of land and the relocation of families, the deep-rooted local order has long been broken, and a county magistrate can crush the gentry to death.

Magistrates at all levels also like to do this, as long as the procedure is legal, the greater the influence of the suppressed family, the higher the reputation of the official's iron-faced selflessness.

The first assistant of a county was reprimanded by the county magistrate to cry bitterly because he did not send his daughter to study, and the right to operate a salt shop was revoked. This should be placed in Daming, for fear of not being laughed to death.

Moreover, it is interesting to note that the decree, which has been supplemented by the Cabinet, only punishes the women and their husbands, but not their parents. But this thing can be matched, and girls who are bound to the point of injury can't read. What will be punished if parents don't send their daughters to school? Do you accept it? Then I don't care, I just know that you don't send your daughter to school. It must be punished severely!

Chen Yaozhi continued to reprimand: "Both men and women must finish three years of study, this is an imperial decree that cannot be violated." Today is just to cancel your right to operate a salt shop, and if you commit another offense, your other businesses will also be taxed additionally! ”

Sun Dongqing was still crying bitterly, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but nod: "I will not do it again, I will not do it again!" ”

On the streets of the county seat, the patrol officers have a new errand.

Their eyes swept over the woman's feet, and when they saw her in bow shoes, they immediately rushed forward. The skirt covers the top of the foot, allowing it to lift the skirt on its own.

"Stop the car!"

Two patrol officers stopped several sedan chairs.

The porter hurriedly got off the sedan chair, and a long man stepped forward: "Master Jun, these are all the daughters of the noble families in the city, and they are invited to go to the Qingliang Temple outside the city to offer incense." ”

A patrol officer scolded: "All out of the sedan chair for inspection, Your Majesty has an order, you must not bind your feet and hurt your body, and you must not wear bow shoes again!"

Disobey the emperor's order, you know what the end is! “

The noble girls who were originally impatient, when they heard the word "imperial order", they suddenly did not dare to have any dissatisfaction, and obediently left the sedan chair and stood there.

Of the five female dependents, four wore bow shoes, and only one was a normal shoe.

The patrolman pointed to the four in bow shoes: "Compromise, remove socks, check feet!" “

The ladies felt insulted, and they didn't say a word, they didn't move, they just stood there with cold faces.

The patrol said, "Arrest the prison and let their husbands come to check the slippers himself." If it is found that the order is violated, the husband will lose his official position, the business will have his license revoked, and the person who does not have a license will be taxed heavily! “

The ladies were frightened, but they were reluctant to take off their shoes on the street for the sake of face.

Chang Sui walked over, quietly handed out the silver dollar, and whispered: "Two military masters, raise your noble hand, please smile at a little meaning." “

The two patrol officers swallowed their saliva, hesitated for a few seconds, quietly accepted the silver dollar, and admonished: "You go home immediately, don't go out of the city to incense again." This time it was really the emperor's order, the county lord kept an eye on it, and after returning home, he quickly put his feet down. Also, in the future, you are not allowed to wear bow shoes, and if you wear them, you will be unlucky at home. ”

A woman wearing bow shoes was not angry: "Why don't you let them wear them?" The emperor is in charge of the heavens and the earth, and women are also in charge of binding their feet? I just bound my feet, and I didn't hurt myself! “

This woman is really an ordinary foot binding, even the northern foot binding method, except for the slender feet, she can't see anything unusual.

There are also many types of bow shoes, most of which actually do not hurt the body, and even some men's shoes are also bow shoes.

But the imperial court is to be one-size-fits-all, and when Zhao Han was alive, it is estimated that no one dared to wear them. As for the round-faced pointed shoes with deformed feet, as well as other deformed styles, this era has not yet been invented.

When the patrol heard that the woman dared to refute, he immediately threw the silver dollar back, and said sharply: "I don't know you well, let's go to prison!" ”

Chang Sui hurriedly stuffed the silver dollar away, and said flatteringly: "Don't be angry, Master Jun, we'll go home immediately." “

It is impossible to prohibit corruption and bribery by officials and policemen. The larger the site, the more complicated the situation becomes.

Fortunately, the group targeted by the "Prohibition of Foot Binding Order" is not this kind of adult woman, but the poor girl who is developing.

At this moment, the schools in the county are all in a hurry.

Girls' schools, in particular, are the focus of the check. The girls who study here are the main group of people whose families are rich and wealthy.

Yang Zhen asked the female teachers to check the girls' feet, and soon found that more than a dozen toes were deformed. He summoned all the students and said on the spot: "Your Majesty, the "Book of Filial Piety" has clouds, the body is skinny, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also." It is unfilial piety to bind your feet and hurt your body, even if your parents let you bind your feet, it is unfilial to hurt your body. But anyone who binds his feet is an unfilial daughter, and he will not be able to marry anyone in the future..."

There were already girls who were so frightened that they cried.

Yang Zhen again: "It's too late to put enough now, as long as you put enough and no longer damage your body, you will have filial piety." The head of the girls' school and the teachers all remembered to me that in the future, the girl dared to bind her feet during regular monthly check-ups.

Tell the government now! If there is any concealment, the girls' school will be sealed directly! ”

Under normal circumstances, it is the central government's policies that are implemented by grassroots officials.

This ban is very special, it is a one-size-fits-all policy of the central government, but the grassroots officials try to ease it as much as possible. The reason for this is that the target objects are all noble women, and if they are stiff, they will cause unnecessary trouble, and the magistrate must leave room for them.

Therefore, in the girls' school, there is no punishment for the time being, but the foot binding is not punished, but the foot is over.

Those who have repeatedly taught and have not changed, after all, are a minority, so don't blame the government for coming hard.

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